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SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1983

+NOT ONLY WOULD THEY POSE A HAZARD TO PEDESTRIANS, BUT ALSO SPOIL THE BEAUTY OF THE ENVIRONMENT, HE SAID.

+A LETTER IS BEING SENT BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE TO THE SHOP OPERATORS CONCERNED, URGING THEM TO REMOVE SUCH TILINGS.+

MORE THAN 90 OPERATORS WITH ILLEGAL SHOP FRONT EXTENSIONS HAVE BEEN ADVISED TO COMPLY WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS, OR THEY WILL BE LIABLE TO PROSECUTION.

MR SKINNER SAID THE STREET MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME WAS A GRADUAL PROCESS TO BE TIED UP WITH THE REPROVISIONING OF ACTIVITIES OFF STREET, ALSO WITH COMPLETION OF THE TOWN LAYOUT.

+AS THE LAYOUT FOR THE DISTRICT WILL BE COMPLETED IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, IT IS TIME TO TAKE ACTION STEP BY STEP TO ENSURE THAT OUR STREETS ARE PROPERLY MANAGED,+ HE SAID.

CLEARANCE OF STREETS WOULD INCLUDE HAWKERS, ILLEGAL PARKING AND STRUCTURES AND WORK DEBRIS.

+AS THE STREETS ARE CLEARED, HARD LANDSCAPING WILL BE PROVIDED, WHERE POSSIBLE, TO PREVENT REOCCUPATION OF THE STREET AND IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT, HE SAID,

THE LANDSCAPING WILL BE PROVIDED EITHER BY THE DISTRICT BOARD OR BY THE GOVERNMENT ENGINEER NEW TERRITORIES' MINOR WORKS VOTE.

WHILE THE STREET MANAGEMENT PROCESS FOR YUEN LONG TOWN AND HUNG SHUI KIU WAS FAIRLY WELL IN HAND, MR SKINNER ADDED THAT IT WAS NECESSARY TO INITIATE SIMILAR PROGRAMMES FOR KAM TIN, SAN TIN AND LAU FAU SHAN.

TO THIS END, A WORKING GROUP LOOKING INTO STREET MANAGEMENT MATTERS IN KAM TÍN HAS ALREADY BEEN FORMED.

FOUR HISTORICAL BUILDINGS AND

SITES UNDER PROTECTION

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TWO BUILDINGS, A KILN SITE AND A STONE CIRCLE OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL VALUE ARE TO BE DECLARED AS HISTORICAL STRUCTURES AND MONUMENTS. A GAZETTE NOTICE TO THIS EFFECT WILL BE PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY (MAY 6).

THIS FOLLOWS A RECENT APPROVAL BY THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL TO PRESERVE THE FOUR INTERESTING STRUCTURES, THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY THE UNIVERSITY MAIN BUILDING, A SITE OF THE OLD POTTERY KILNS AT WUN YIU VILLAGE, TAI PO, AND AN ANCIENT STONE CIRCLE ON LANTAU

ISLAND.

THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY IS A FINE TWO-STOREYED BRICK STRUCTURE WITH ARCHED WINDOWS AND LONG VERANDAHS.

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